UNSPSC 31161725: Clip nuts

UNSPSC 31161725 Clip nuts is a Commodity code representing fastening hardware that state and local governments procure primarily as maintenance and operational consumables for transit, water infrastructure, and general maintenance needs. Recent solicitations show that state and local agencies buy clip nuts and related fastening hardware (elastic stop nuts, hex nuts, grade 8 nuts, and washers) in small packaged quantities—typically boxes or packages of 25 to 100 units—for routine fleet, facility, and infrastructure repair and maintenance. The work spans transit authorities and municipal infrastructure operators; the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority (DART) accounts for multiple recent solicitations under this code, posting fastener purchase orders consistently since mid-January 2026.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas and California, with DART posting four fastener and hardware procurement notices in January 2026 (elastic stop nuts 1/4-28 due February 5, 2026; M8 hex nuts due January 28, 2026; 9/16"-18 grade 8 nuts due January 28, 2026; and 5/16" washers due January 29, 2026), all requiring FOB Destination pricing with freight included and Net 30 payment terms through the Bonfire bidding platform. Riverside County, California issued a Request for Bid on January 21, 2026 for Cla-Val parts warehouse inventory with a February 13, 2026 deadline. One outlier opportunity—the City of Lavonia, Georgia water treatment plant expansion project (sealed bid due May 26, 2026)—appears tagged to this code despite being a major infrastructure project; the procurement encompasses comprehensive facility upgrades rather than clip nut consumables and represents a mismatch with the code's nominal fastener scope.